March 25, 2019
Farmers in Bhuturgaon face difficulties in utilizing surface water and increasing farm income due to lack of irrigation facilities (Photo by VAF)
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Irrigation key to fighting poverty in Kandhamal

Groundwater recharge in Kandhamal’s undulating terrain and pumps to lift water are needed to break the nexus between lack of irrigation and poverty in this seriously underdeveloped area of Odisha

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February 18, 2019
Health assistants check women from remote areas with no access to hospitals staying in the pre-confinement maternity home (Photo by Rakhi Ghosh)
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Maternity homes provide safe haven to tribal women

Pregnant women from tribal villages in Kandhamal that lack roads and mobile phone connectivity have found a safe shelter in intermediary maternity homes that prepare them for institutional delivery

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